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This industrial approach to carbon dioxide removal is but one of several in our toolkit, and by no means the least expensive. Project Drawdown ranks every appr

This industrial approach to carbon dioxide removal is but one of several in our toolkit, and by no means the least expensive. Project Drawdown ranks every approach in terms of tonnage of CO2 and cost. http://www.drawdown.org/solutions-summary-by-rank http://www.drawdown.org/solutions-summary-by-rank These approaches get amplified by a price on carbon. If you are interested in convincing your Member of Congress to price carbon, take a look at the most effective organization doing this work: http://www.citizensclimatelobby.org http://www.citizensclimatelobby.org

skosch 8y ago
Thank you for spreading the word about Drawdown and CCL! They are probably the two easiest ways regular folks can learn about and get involved in climate policy (and I mean real impacts, not just clicktivism). Please get involved – it takes no money and very little time!
cobbzilla 8y ago
Thank you for introducing me to Project Drawdown. How eminently practical and sensible these recommendations are. I love the data-driven approach. I was surprised to find that, of all things, "Refrigerant Management" is the single thing that holds the greatest potential to reduce carbon emissions [1]. It makes a lot of sense, but it would definitely not be what I would have guessed. [1] http://www.drawdown.org/solutions/materials/refrigerant-management http://www.drawdown.org/solutions/materials/refrigerant-mana...
- DoctorOetker 8y ago
  that #1 single thing only makes up 89.74 of the total 1050.99 at the bottomm of that column! or about 8.5%
Double_a_92 8y ago
Sure... educating specifically only the girls is #6 on the list. Why would they have to bring feminism into that? I mean sure, it's a good thing to educate everyone. But why mix it? How can I trust all the other points on the list now? What if they are also just pushing some other political agenda? I can't. They just compromised the list's integrity by that.
- rootusrootus 8y ago
  Did you read that section to see why they think it'll help? It doesn't sound like politics to me.
  - Double_a_92 8y ago
    Yes I did. Because educated people have fewer kids... Might be true, but what kind of reason is that even!? Why not also establish a one-child policy in western countries? Or start actively killing sick people? /s All the other reasons were basically how it makes lifes better for those women. Which is surely a good thing, but doesn't matter in that context.
- adrianN 8y ago
  Women's education and empowerment is negatively correlated with the number of children they bear.

skosch 8y ago

Thank you for spreading the word about Drawdown and CCL! They are probably the two easiest ways regular folks can learn about and get involved in climate policy (and I mean real impacts, not just clicktivism). Please get involved – it takes no money and very little time!

cobbzilla 8y ago

Thank you for introducing me to Project Drawdown. How eminently practical and sensible these recommendations are. I love the data-driven approach. I was surprised to find that, of all things, "Refrigerant Management" is the single thing that holds the greatest potential to reduce carbon emissions [1]. It makes a lot of sense, but it would definitely not be what I would have guessed. [1] http://www.drawdown.org/solutions/materials/refrigerant-management http://www.drawdown.org/solutions/materials/refrigerant-mana...

DoctorOetker 8y ago
that #1 single thing only makes up 89.74 of the total 1050.99 at the bottomm of that column! or about 8.5%

Double_a_92 8y ago

Sure... educating specifically only the girls is #6 on the list. Why would they have to bring feminism into that? I mean sure, it's a good thing to educate everyone. But why mix it? How can I trust all the other points on the list now? What if they are also just pushing some other political agenda? I can't. They just compromised the list's integrity by that.

rootusrootus 8y ago
Did you read that section to see why they think it'll help? It doesn't sound like politics to me.
- Double_a_92 8y ago
  Yes I did. Because educated people have fewer kids... Might be true, but what kind of reason is that even!? Why not also establish a one-child policy in western countries? Or start actively killing sick people? /s All the other reasons were basically how it makes lifes better for those women. Which is surely a good thing, but doesn't matter in that context.
adrianN 8y ago
Women's education and empowerment is negatively correlated with the number of children they bear.